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The
East African Women’s Center was honored by the Minnesota Council
of Nonprofits (MCN) and MAP for Non-Profits with the 2008 Minnesota
Non-Profit Mission Award for Innovation. The award recognizes
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With hundreds in attendance, Faduma
Mahamed accepted the Innovation Award for the East African Women’s
Center at the Awards Presentation. |
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Center’s
efforts in addressing the challenges of the African immigrant community.
“The Center is a great example of a nonprofit organization
that has addressed a specific problem in its community while ensuring
that its own culture doesn’t disappear as it embraces new
customs,” says Jon Pratt, MCN executive director. The Center
was nominated for this award by Augsburg College. Says Mary Laurel
True, Associate Director of the College’s Center for Service,
Work, and Learning, “We have a great partnership with the
Center. The Center supports the retention of women’s traditional
cultures but it also nurtures integration into the larger community.
The Center’s staff has successfully built a cross- |
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cultural environment that
allow women—mainstream and immigrant/refugee—to learn
across cultures, bridge cultural differences, and establish authentic
relationships with one another. Five other organizations were also
recognized at the ceremony, three with Mission Awards and two with
Excellence Awards. Over 2,000 MCN members voted online for the organizations
they felt best fit the criteria. “To be selected and recognized
by its peers is one of the greatest honors an organization can receive,”
says Pratt. |
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| Many supporters of
the Center attended the Awards Luncheon. Among the guests were Mary
Laurel True and Abigail Crampton Pribbenow from Augsburg College.
The Center was nominated for this prestigious award by Augsburg College.
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